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SEC links for Monday:

• Birmingham News columnist Ray Melick writes that new NCAA rule makes bad choices easier.
• Dan Fleser of the Knoxville News-Sentinel reports on Tennessee event honoring Pat Summitt.
• Doug Robertson of the AJC points out 11 football players likely to have impact in SEC, ACC.
• Charles Goldberg of the Birmingham News reports on Ole Miss’ baseball sweep of Auburn.
• Neil White of The State reports on South Carolina’s sweep of Vanderbilt.
• In The Advocate, Robbie Neiswanger reports on LSU’s 4-3 Sunday win at Arkansas.

• In the Gainesville Sun, Andy Johnston writes on Florida baseball’s sweep of Georgia.
• Jeff Cocoran of the Athens Banner-Herald writes on the Georgia late-inning implosion.
• Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger writes on the Alabama-Mississippi State slugfest.
• Teresa Walker of AP has story on first African-American football player at Vanderbilt, who is finally graduating 40 years later.